跌眼鏡

Chinese

		to drop; to fall; to tumble	glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles
trad. (跌眼鏡)		跌	眼鏡
simp. (跌眼镜)		跌	眼镜

Etymology

Literally “to drop one's eyeglasses”; see 大跌眼鏡／大跌眼镜 (dàdiēyǎnjìng).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): diēyǎnjìng, diéyǎnjìng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄝㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ, ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dit³ ngaan⁵ geng^3-2

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: diēyǎnjìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dieyeanjinq
  - IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛ⁵⁵ i̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: diēyǎnjìngr
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dieyeanjienglh
  - IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛ⁵⁵ i̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕjɤ̃ɻ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: diéyǎnjìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dyeyeanjinq
  - IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛ³⁵ i̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dit³ ngaan⁵ geng^3-2
  - Yale: dit ngáahn géng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dit⁸ ngaan⁵ geng^3-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: did³ ngan⁵ géng²
  - IPA ^(key): /tiːt̚³ ŋäːn¹³ kɛːŋ³³⁻³⁵/

Idiom

跌眼鏡

(figuratively) to have one's jaws drop (often in a bad way); to be surprised or astonished; to be dumbfounded

See also

大跌眼鏡／大跌眼镜 (dàdiēyǎnjìng)
跌破眼鏡／跌破眼镜

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